State Bar of Texas

March 2023 | Vol. 86, No. 3

School Law

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Features

• The Texas Day of Civility in the Law
  Encouraging an active engagement in civility.
  Written by Kathy S. Mills

• The Business of Education
  Why do school districts need lawyers?
  Written by Sarah S. Flournoy

• Texas Public Comment Law
  The strengthening of the public’s right to criticize school boards.
  Written by Miles T. Bradshaw

• State Income Taxation of State Universities
  A framework for analysis.
  Written by David S. Hansen

• Affirmative Action
  A review of caselaw.
  Written by Shelby Boseman

• Cross-examination in Sexual Misconduct Hearings
  The current state of the law.
  Written by Sean Flammer

• It Begins With Encouragement
  How San Antonio-area bar presidents Donna McElroy and Danielle Rushing Behrends define leadership.
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• State Bar of Texas 2023-2024 Proposed Combined Budget

• 2023-2024 TYLA President-elect Candidates and Executive Committee Election

• Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Order
  Final approval of amendments to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 39.7.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Final approval of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21D and 500.10 and of amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 21, 500.2, 501.4, and 505.1.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Final general emergency order regarding the COVID-19 state of disaster.

• Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda Proposed Rule Changes
  Rule 1.08. Conflict of Interest: Prohibited Transactions.

• Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda Proposed Rule Changes
  Rule 5.01. Responsibilities of a Partner or Supervisory Lawyer.

• Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda Proposed Rule Changes
  Rule 5.05. Unauthorized Practice of Law; Remote Practice of Law.

• Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda Proposed Rule Changes
  Rule 8.05. Jurisdiction.

Departments

• Comments

• Executive Director's Page: Your Dues Aren’t $500. Here’s Why.
  Written by Trey Apffel

• In Recess: The West in a Fraction
  Marfa-based immigration attorney Samuel Onyegam’s love of hiking spans across the Trans-Pecos.
  Interview by Eric Quitugua

• President's Page: Missing Mollie and the Joy She Brought to Our Family
  Written by Laura Gibson

• Technology: Privacy Interests
  FAA drone regulation survives constitutional challenge.
  Written by Pierre Grosdidier

• State Bar Board Update: ‘We Can Do This’: New Legal Education and Conference Center Move Closer to Reality
  Written by Lowell Brown

• State Bar Director Spotlight: Mary L. Scott

• Ethics Question of the Month

• TYLA President’s Page: ‘We Can Go to the Reunion, and Just Pretend to be Successful’
  Written by Michael J. Ritter

• Solo/Small Firm: Content Marketing Made Simple
  How to get started and stay on track for success.
  Written by Zack McKamie

• Disciplinary Actions

• Movers and Shakers

• Memorials

• Classifieds

• Humor: I’m Not Making This Stuff Up
  Written by John G. Browning

• News From Around the Bar